[3] It is the largest privately owned building on the Southport Heritage Walk, a good example of a hotel built in the 1930s and a prominent landmark of social and historical significance to the community.

[9][10] Tenders for the construction of the original two storey wooden building on the site were called for in July 1907 with plans available for viewing at Stephens and Tozer's offices at 240 Queen Street, Goodna, Brisbane, Queensland.

[21] The hotel was also the venue for significant functions including an official dinner for the Governor-General of India Edward Frederick Lindley Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax, in 1926.

[22] Other gatherings that took place included balls,[23] school reunions,[24] meetings of the local Chamber of Commerce[25] and fund raising events.

[12][28] Andrews, a Southport businessman and bachelor originally from Mudgeeraba, had taken over the licence in 1936 and held it until his sudden death in 1939 a few months after the new building was completed.

[36] Twenty guest rooms were located on the first floor with the bridal suite featuring a curved private balcony overlooking the intersection below.

[36] After World War II, the hotel was leased for twenty years to Claude and Hedwig Anna Slack (née Eschenhagen) after they ceased running a guest house in London and returned to Australia.